Cable news skips Obama's climate speech

6/25/13 2:31 PM EDT

If you were looking for live coverage of President Obama's big climate speech on Tuesday afternoon, your best bet was not CNN or MSNBC but The Weather Channel, which carried full coverage and post-game analysis.

The big three cable networks -- including MSNBC, which used to break for even the most familiar Obama stump speeches -- skipped most of the the president's speech, opting instead for coverage of the recent Supreme Court rulings (MSNBC), the Trayvon Martin trial and the Paula Deen controversy (CNN), and, in the case of Fox News, an interview with a climate change skeptic.

The decision to break away from or ignore Obama's speech prompted more than a few choice tweets. To wit...

From former Obama speech writer Jon Lovett:

President Obama is giving a major address on perhaps the most difficult problem we face. And CNN has got it covered. pic.twitter.com/ZqwgYFJujP